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Apple Releases Mac OS X Patches

Posted by michael on from the little-dutch-boy dept.

phoric writes "According to eWeek, Apple has released security patches to fix 16 'highly critical' holes, one-third of which deal with the open-source Apache web server. Several of the fixes address exploits such as the bypassing of security restrictions, spoofing, and potential DoS attacks."

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  1. Cool! by wizbit · · Score: 4, Funny
    Apple has released security patches to fix 16 'highly critical' holes, one-third of which deal with the open-source Apache web server


    I've never used Software Update to apply 5.333 fixes before. This should be fun.
  2. Re:Any exploits "in the wild"? by inertia187 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yep: Virtual PC.

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  3. Snappier! by patrick42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is it just me, or does this release make the whole OS seem snappier? Great jaerb, Apple! :)

    1. Re:Snappier! by 42 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe it is just because you rebooted! ;)

    2. Re:Snappier! by patrick42 · · Score: 2, Funny

      What are you, some sort of PC user? Reboots only make a difference on Windows!

    3. Re:Snappier! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      That's because one of the patches was to update the Job's Reality Distortion Field built into all Apple products.

      Previously, it would deactivate the first time the computer went to sleep mode, and wouldn't come back on waking.

      Now we all get constant Reality Distortion - just the way we like it!

      (Disclaimer: I own an iBook so I'm allowed to ridicule it.)

  4. Re:Error? by cookd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you some kind of insensitive clod or something? :)

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